Oligosoma carinacauda Bell & Patterson, 2024
Okuru skink
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Oligosoma aff. inconspicuum “Okuru"
Conservation Status
Missing (Bell & Patterson, 2024)
Last (and only) record: 2000 (Bell & Patterson, 2024)
Distribution & Habitat
near Okuru, south of Haast, South Island, New Zealand
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Bell, T. and Patterson, G. B. (2024). The Okuru skink (Oligosoma carinacauda sp. nov) of South Westland, New Zealand—simply elusive or extinct? Zootaxa 5536(1): 123-138. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5536.1.4
Other references:
Hitchmough, Rod, Barr, Ben, Knox, Carey, Lettink, Marieke, Monks, Joanne M., Patterson, Geoff B., Reardon, James T., van Winkel, Dylan, Rolfe, Jeremy and Michel, Pascale. (2021/2024). Conservation status of New Zealand reptiles, 2021. New Zealand threat classification series 35. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conversation. [addendum added in 2024]
Hitchmough, Rod, Barr, Ben, Knox, Carey, Lettink, Marieke, Monks, Joanne M., Patterson, Geoff B., Reardon, James T., van Winkel, Dylan, Makan, Troy and Michel, Pascale. (2026). Conservation status of reptiles in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2025. New Zealand threat classification series 50. Wellington: New Zealand Department of Conversation.
van Winkel, D., Baling, M. and Hitchmough, R. (2018). Reptiles and Amphibians of New Zealand: A field guide. Auckland: Auckland University Press. 376 pp.